Competitions · China

Changsha Xiangmo 2018

Changsha, Hunan · 29 April 2018 · 8 events · 106 competitors · 89 personal bests

Zhangyuan He (何章元) won two of the eight events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Zhangyuan He (何章元) by 0.14 seconds. 106 competitors produced 89 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and 47 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Xiang Li (李响) took a 2×2 single of 21.66 down to 6.53, 70 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Zhangyuan He (何章元) — 3×3, 2×2

0.14s

closest final — 2×2, Zhangyuan He (何章元) over Huafan Shi (史华帆)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Zhangyuan He (何章元)	9.08	9.93
2×2	Zhangyuan He (何章元)	2.60	3.40
4×4	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	29.61	33.20
5×5	Xuming Wang (王旭明)	54.63	59.04
3×3 blindfolded	Xin Shi (石欣)	32.20	—
3×3 one-handed	Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒)	12.58	13.49
Pyraminx	Huafan Shi (史华帆)	3.14	3.84
Skewb	Rui Ma (马睿)	2.47	3.77

The PB harvest

89 set · 36 still standing

Juncai Li (李俊才) — 3×3 one-handed single 14.89: into the top 7.9% of the event's history.
Weihan Zhang (张巍瀚) — 4×4 single 37.75: into the top 9.5% of the event's history.
Zeng Cheng (程锃) — 3×3 one-handed single 15.98: into the top 10.2% of the event's history.
Sheng Xu (徐盛) — 3×3 one-handed single 17.17: into the top 13.0% of the event's history.
Lincheng Cai (蔡林成) — 4×4 single 41.30: into the top 13.6% of the event's history.
Jiahui Wang (王佳辉) — Skewb single 4.93: into the top 17.6% of the event's history.
Long Wei (魏龙) — 3×3 one-handed single 19.10: into the top 18.1% of the event's history.
Dongyang Hu (胡东阳) — 3×3 single 13.42: into the top 18.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

47 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

106 competitors · 425 results · 8 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Zhangyuan He (何章元) won it with a 9.93 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1R2 D F2 D2 B2 U' B2 D' R2 D L2 F' R' F' U2 L' U' B L B2
2R U2 F2 D2 R2 U2 R' F2 D2 B' L D L2 B' F' U' L' U2 B F
3F U2 B2 F U2 F R2 F' D' F2 L' B' D B2 U2 B F2 U2 B'
4L2 B L F' U' R2 D' B D2 F L2 U' F2 U' D L2 U' R2 B2 U'
5B' R U' R2 F' R2 D L B' R F2 L2 U D F2 B2 U' R2 F2 R2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

106 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.